When more than 400 children were removed from a fundamentalist Mormon compound in Eldorado, Texas, the raid prompted two big questions: who are these people, and how are they different from mainstream Mormons?

Long before he became a counselor to Gordon B. Hinckley, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who died Jan. 27, Thomas S. Monson was well-schooled in the way of Mormon prophets and well-known to the Mormon faithful.

Thousands of believers were in mourning Monday following the death of Gordon B. Hinckley, the humble head of the Mormon church who added millions of new members and labored long to burnish the faith's image as a world religion. An announcement of his successor was not expected for days.

Thousands of believers were in mourning Monday following the death of Gordon B. Hinckley, the head of the Mormon church who added millions of new members and labored to burnish the faith's image as a world religion.

Utah's leaders and believers mourned the death of Gordon B. Hinckley, the humble head of the Mormon church who added millions of new members and labored long to burnish the faith's image as a world religion.